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911. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: Broadband Provisions - In Brief - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Provides an overview of broadband-related provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Discusses the COVID-19 Telehealth Program and the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. Highlights new grant programs to support broadband connectivity on tribal lands and broadband infrastructure deployment to areas lacking broadband.

...Telehealth Program and the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. Highlights new grant programs to support broadband...

912. Caring for People with Serious Illness: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Proceedings from a Workshop - Resources
Date: 2022

Proceedings from a three-part workshop to explore the initial responses to the pandemic by healthcare teams providing care to people with serious illness, the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare workforce, use of telehealth, issues related to communicating with the public about health emergencies, and policy opportunities to improve care for people with serious illness. Mentions rural throughout.

...telehealth, issues related to communicating with the public about health emergencies, and policy opportunities to improve...

913. Innovative Rural Hospitals Think Beyond Tradition to Improve Access to Care - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Provides examples of how rural hospitals are utilizing technology to improve access to care for their patients. Discusses artificial intelligence (AI), drone delivery of medicines, nurse-run telehealth hubs, and digital front doors.

...telehealth hubs, and digital front doors. --- Innovative Rural Hospitals Think Beyond Tradition to Improve Access...

914. Impact Extra Episode - Rural Health on Life Support Emergency Rural Health Care Grants - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Podcast episode featuring Farah Ahmad, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Discusses how USDA Rural Development (RD) invests in rural communities, including improving access to healthy foods in rural communities. Provides an overview of the Emergency Rural Health Care Grant program, which helped increase access to COVID-19 testing and vaccines, rural healthcare and telehealth services, and food assistance.

...telehealth services, and food assistance. --- Impact Extra Episode - Rural Health on Life Support Emergency Rural...

915. An 'Unseen' Struggle: Addressing Hoarding Disorder in Rural Communities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 7, 2024

Hoarding disorder can lead to serious health risks and a hazardous home environment, with older adults especially susceptible – but in rural places, diagnosing and treating the condition can be a challenge. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth calls. Ferrante says the growing popularity of telehealth post-2020 has made it easier...

916. Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Communities: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary - Resources
Date: Nov 2022

Provides an overview of issues related to the provision of emergency medical services (EMS) in rural areas. Discusses rural EMS access, financing, and workforce challenges, as well as promising telehealth innovations. Outlines federal programs and resources that support EMS programs. Offers policy recommendations related to access to EMS, workforce, and reimbursement.

...telehealth innovations. Outlines federal programs and resources that support EMS programs. Offers policy recommendations related...

917. Pennsylvania Hospital Transitions HRSA-Funded Program to Online Services and Addresses COVID-19 Stress - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Jul 1, 2020

Butler Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania received a HRSA Rural Health Care Services Outreach grant to develop a program for chronic disease patients. Partway through the grant cycle, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The hospital shares how it was able to transition its program services to an online format and develop new initiatives to address stress in the healthcare workforce and the larger community. - The Rural Monitor

...telehealth. Stewart credited the quick transition to the hospital's prior telehealth experience, gained through...

918. Reforming America's Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition - Resources
Date: Dec 2018

Describes how state and federal laws, regulations, guidance, and policies affect choice and competition in healthcare markets, and offers recommendations for improvement. Includes rural-relevant issues such as scope of practice, workforce mobility, and telehealth.

...telehealth. --- Reforming America's Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition Describes how state and federal...

919. North Dakota Hospital Assessment: 2017 Flex Chartbook - Resources
Date: May 2019

Presents the results of a 2017 survey of North Dakota Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Includes information on hospital characteristics, hospital foundations, relationships with tertiary hospitals, telehealth services, and issues facing CAHs ranked by severity. Covers hospital impacts from the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (Flex) program.

...telehealth services, and issues facing CAHs ranked by severity. Covers hospital impacts from the Medicare...

920. Disability and Independence in Rural America: White Paper - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Provides an overview of disability and independence in rural America. Describes disability prevalence in rural areas and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) programs for people with disabilities. Outlines key considerations for rural disability services, including access, Medicaid and Medicare coverage, workforce, and telehealth and technology. Highlights themes that emerged during the September 2023 National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Service (NACRHHS) meeting regarding areas for disability and independence policy improvement. Appendix A summarizes NACRHHS subcommittee site visits of two organizations serving rural Colorado residents.

...telehealth and technology. Highlights themes that emerged during the September 2023 National Advisory Committee on Rural...